Two questions: Is it true you can skip H Spine and do H Madness before Spine?(not as important as the second question)

Second: What should my opener be for the tendons on Heroic Spine? Assuming I have SR up and a Free Ravage at the beginning of the burn phase. I also currently have the on use trinket equipped and 403 Wrath.

Actually i don't rip parasites at all just FB; mostly charge(macroed) mangle,rake,ravage>FB>shred,shred than FB depending on combos and hp of parsite and mostly i'm top on parasite. About spellwave procs well you can also go bear form>trash>cat and go on parasite, also depending how your raid kills parasite you can just swipe like mad instead of focusing parasite down

Actually i don't rip parasites at all just FB; mostly charge(macroed) mangle,rake,ravage>FB>shred,shred than FB depending on combos and hp of parsite and mostly i'm top on parasite. About spellwave procs well you can also go bear form>trash>cat and go on parasite, also depending how your raid kills parasite you can just swipe like mad instead of focusing parasite down

I do the same. It doesn't last long enough for you to get anything out of applying rip. Far better to just bite it.

@Cayssaris It's important you get your Ravage proc before the tendon is up. Just be careful you don't time it badly and leap on the Amalgamation whilst a grip is about to happen (been there, done that... xD) and put up Faerie Fire before doing anything else.

Two questions: Is it true you can skip H Spine and do H Madness before Spine?(not as important as the second question)

Second: What should my opener be for the tendons on Heroic Spine? Assuming I have SR up and a Free Ravage at the beginning of the burn phase. I also currently have the on use trinket equipped and 403 Wrath.

Now that you've got your macro, first thing make sure and have SR up before nuclear blast. When the blast goes off, IF you have berserk off CD pop TF right before the tendon becomes visible (you can't use TF while Berserk is active, and berserk will last a whole tendon burn). This will give you a Ravage! from your 4pc which will get a 15 % damage boost, as well as allowing for a TFed Rip if your quick enough. So when it becomes visible (after you've popped TF) start by using your Ravage!>Mangle(if you don't have an arms warrior or another feral)>Rake (if you have 5 CP get your Rip up hopefully in time for it to get TF)>Shred to 5CP>FB>Shred to 5CP>FB...and get as many in as you can. If you have 4-5 CPs up and its about to collapse just FB. If you have 1-3 CPs just shred.

Don't worry about reapplying rake as it will only fall off for a second or two.

Only difference in rotation when Berserk is on CD is make sure to save TF before a tendon is coming up. And have a feral charge proc up when you go into the tendon phase. Same macro and same rotation is used otherwise.

I don't recall if I specifically tested if Rake > TF > Rerake was optimal or not so take that with a grain of salt. After running through that sequence I'd either Rip @ 5CP or Shred to get to 5 and then Rip, TF/Zerking as soon I'm below 40 energy (or below 50 if you're able to get the Rip TFed by doing so). From there I just go into shred/bite filler.

This is how I do it for spine,make sure that i have SR up full duration during tendon phase,charging that big add so I have free ravage just when tendon is up;ff>ravage>shred>tf>berserk>rip(if have 5 cp,if not rake then rip)>ravage(all this is buffed with tf)>then shred and fb. That is on first opener,on 2nd is similar,just don't apply rip,instead trying to squeeze 2 fb while tf is up(tho sometimes rng is really screwing things up).

With this method I m always 1st-3rd on tendon dmg done,behind our legendary rogue for few hundred k,and I don't even bother to reforge/swap weapon for this fight.

This is how I do it for spine,make sure that i have SR up full duration during tendon phase,charging that big add so I have free ravage just when tendon is up;ff>ravage>mangle>shred>tf>berserk>rip(if have 5 cp,if not rake then rip)>ravage(all this is buffed with tf)>then shred and fb.

fixed it for you.

my guilds grp is still bashing our head on HC warmaster even though the 2 other grps have downed HC Madness.

Originally Posted by Aranes

"If you dont have any clue what you're talking about, shut your piehole"

my guilds grp is still bashing our head on HC warmaster even though the 2 other grps have downed HC Madness.

I'm hoping his cast sequence was like that because he has an arms warrior providing the debuff for him...

Regardless, your opener is suboptimal Shadowfury. You shouldn't be Ravage!ing until you've already spent energy otherwise you're wasting energy, and if you're only using 1 shred before you TF+zerk you're wasting even more energy. Also, not using Rip is DPS loss regardless of if you have Berserk up for a burn or not.

Best overal burn for the 4 of the roughly 5 pops was 4.4 million and on top! Popped the 5th plate and the blood tank died and the bloods ate everyone .
Edit: Errr the third plate the first time
Also im tanking for the final plate so I don't know how much, if at all I'll be able to dps the tendon.